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Hailing from Santa Cruz, CA, Poi Rogers performs award winning American roots music, with Gerard Egan doubling on acoustic and steel guitar and Carolyn Sills on standup bass.  Known for their dynamic musicianship and clever lyrics, the two create a wildly unique sound, with elements of western and gypsy swing, Americana and Hawaiian steel guitar.

Carolyn & Gerard won the 2018 and 2024 Ameripolitan Award for Western Swing Group (as ‘The Carolyn Sills Combo’), and Carolyn was nominated alongside Sierra Ferrell, Brennen Leigh and Melissa Carper for the 2023 Western Swing Female award. They performed at the 2024 Monterey Jazz Festival, 2025 Strawberry & Live Oak Music Festivals and are both Sacramento Western Swing Hall of Fame Inductees. Poi Rogers has opened for Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Southern Culture on the Skids, Big Richard, Los Straitjackets, John Craigie and others.

When not on the road, they run an in-demand guitar repair shop in Soquel, CA, and are plotting the adoption of their second dog. Their second album, Whirligig, was released on Friday, May 1st 2026.

“Sills' voice sounds effortlessly - and wondrously - like Kitty Wells or Patsy Cline winging over the airwaves from a vintage Grand Ole Opry show.” - Vintage Guitar Magazine

"Bassist Carolyn Sills and her guitarist husband, Gerard Egan - Santa Cruz's Les Paul and Mary Ford - crank out good stories, catchy love songs and creative chord progressions that will take listeners back to vibes of the post-World-War-II era. Carolyn is the real deal of throwback country music.” - Good Times Magazine